#F2DC51#F2DC51

#F2DC51 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.707; OKLCH L 88.8% C 0.156 H 100.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 15.13:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#F2DC51
RGB	rgb(242, 220, 81)
HSL	hsl(52, 86%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(52, 67%, 95%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 9.1%, 66.5%, 5.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(87.32, -7.79, 68.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(87.32, 68.68, 96.51°)
OKLab	oklab(88.8% -0.0276 0.1534)
OKLCH	oklch(88.8% 0.156 100.2)
XYZ	xyz(63.6991, 70.6606, 18.0666)
Luminance	0.7066 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#F2DC51 #5167F2

analogous

#F28B51 #F2DC51 #B7F251

triadic

#F2DC51 #51F2DC #DC51F2

tetradic

#F2DC51 #51F28B #5167F2 #F251B7

square

#F2DC51 #51F28B #5167F2 #F251B7

split-complementary

#F2DC51 #51B7F2 #8B51F2

monochromatic

#BBA30E #EED118 #F2DC51 #F6E78A #FBF3C3

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.39

#F2DC51 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

15.13

#F2DC51 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #F2DC51

15.13:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##F2DC51	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##F2DC51	1.00	1.39	15.13	15.13
#FFFFFF	1.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	15.13	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	15.13	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F0D63E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F6DE59

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#FFCDBF

Achromatopsia (no color)

#DBDBDB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #f2dc51;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(242, 220, 81);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(88.8% 0.156 100.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#fae689',
    500: '#f2dc51',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #f2dc51;
$custom-light: #fae689;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#f2dc51",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 242,
    "g": 220,
    "b": 81
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 51.801,
    "s": 86.096,
    "l": 63.333
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.88804,
    "c": 0.1559,
    "h": 100.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.70658
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#F2DC51

secondary

#2E41B9

accent

#21E303

background

#FFFEFC

surface

#FFFCF4

border

#D7D5CE

text

#18150C

muted

#86847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #F2DC51

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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